Bug#219189: cdrom-checker: Debconf templates polishing
On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 11:00:24PM +0100, Christian Perrier wrote:
> Package: cdrom-checker
> Severity: normal
> Tags: patch
[...]
> Template: cdrom-checker/passed
> Type: note
> -_Description: Integrity test successful!
> - The integrity for the CD-ROM was successful. The CD-ROM looks good!
> +_Description: Integrity test successful
> + The integrity for the CD-ROM was successful. The CD-ROM looks correct.
The CD-ROM integrity test was successful. The CD-ROM is valid.
> Just facts. The check was successful, not need for yelling, this should be
> normal after all..:-)
>
> Looks good vs. looks correct : sounds better to me, but I may be wrong. I
> want to avoid "trivial" language.
>
> Template: cdrom-checker/mismatch
> -Type: note
> -_Description: Integrity test failed!
> - The following file has a md5sum mismatch: ${FILE}. Your CD-ROM or
> +Type: error
> +_Description: Integrity test failed
> + The ${FILE} file failed the MD5 checkum verification. Your CD-ROM or
> this file may be corrupt.
checksum
> Error again
> No yelling again, just facts..:)
> The extended description is reworded. But I'm not sure about
> "verification"....probably too french..:-)
Excellent, IMHO.
> "corrupt" or "corrupted"??
I like "corrupt" better with "be". Alternatively, "may have been corrupted".
>
> Template: cdrom-checker/nextcd
> Type: boolean
> Default: false
> -_Description: Test another CD-ROM
> - Would you like to test another CD-ROM?
> +_Description: Check another CD-ROM integrity?
The only problem is if you move CD-ROM to the left, it now
has to be possessive: CD-ROM's integrity?
Probably better: Check the integrity of another CD-ROM?
> We always "checked" the CD-ROM, so let's continue....Extended description is
> just repeating the short one, so let's drop it.
>
>
> Template: cdrom-checker/firstcd
> Type: note
> @@ -62,4 +61,4 @@
> Template: debian-installer/cdrom-checker/title
> Type: text
> # Main menu item
> -_Description: Verify the cd contents
> +_Description: Check the CD-ROM(s) integrity
>
>
> "Check" is used internally, so use it in the Main Menu entry also.
> Same for "CD-ROM" and "integrity" (the latter may be dropped...)
good idea to drop integrity, because of the possessive issue.
> I also suggest adding "(s)" as we allow for checking several CD's.
>
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: testing/unstable
> Architecture: i386
> Kernel: Linux mykerinos 2.4.22 #2 Mon Sep 29 15:12:10 CEST 2003 i686
> Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (ignored: LC_ALL set to fr_FR.UTF-8)
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